We continue our little tour of nicknames among the stars of the padel World. After the gentlemen, make way for the ladies!
Unlike their male counterparts, relatively few women actually have nicknames, a consequence of the lower media coverage of women's sport. Nevertheless, we managed to find you a rather amusing Top 5 and 2 bonuses. Here again, we find in places the paw of Lalo Alzueta, ex-commentator of the World Padel Tour and a master at assigning nicknames.
From the top of her meter 60, Paula Josemaria does not at first sight have the most suitable physique to chain winning smashes. But the left-hander wonderfully compensates for this small size with a phenomenal burst of energy and an ability to constantly attack her opponents. You only have to see the power of its bajadas and the effectiveness of her smashes by 3 to understand the strength released by the world number 1. Characteristics which, you will have understood, easily inspired the nickname “Dinamita” for the one who explodes everything on the track!
Known as Aranzazu Osoro, the current number 10 in the WPT ranking, also has a second name, with a more Nordic sound: Uhlrich. It is certainly from there that she inherited her blond hair and her complexion closer to the peoples of Northern Europe than to those of Argentina, her country of birth. Add to that a strong character, an ability to fight on all points and to harangue his partner on the track and you understand that it was enough for his friends to give him this nickname "Vikinga", which has since persisted and been picked up by the media!
If we tell you bandeja, you are most likely thinking of Alejandra Salazar in girls. Indeed, the one who has won the most titles on the WPT is a real specialist in this move. Unlike the majority of players, who use the bandeja to temporize and be able to regain the net, she plays it much more aggressively and decisively. This is where the nickname comes from Bandejandra!
Marta Ortega, in addition to being a brilliant player of padel, is also a doctor. The one who now evolves with Gemma Triay has been able to pursue two careers simultaneously: that of a professional sportswoman and that of a medical student. Add to that his very own style on the track and you easily understand the logic of the nickname La Doctora.
A nickname that is also sometimes attributed to Barbara Las Heras, another international right-wing player who, like Martita, was able to combine medical studies and padel high level !
Originally from the El Palo district – located in the east of Malaga, by the sea – Bea Gonzalez is proud of her Andalusian roots. In addition, the one who is only 14 years old was playing her first final table of the World Padel Tour very quickly broke all precocity records. Enough to position it as the future nugget of the padel global. A rare little pearl straight from the sea: La Perla del Palo!
We end with Alix Collombon and the pair Elodie Invernon / Wendy Barsotti
Less original, the nickname of the French number 1, Alix Collombon, is “La Francesa”. It must be said that Alix managed to rise among the best players in the world in much less time than most players in the top 25 in the world.
This is the nickname of the pair Elodie Invernon / Wendy Barsotti that we will also find soon at the FIP Star Gran Canaria. Highly appreciated on the circuit, it is the French ladies' pair which currently performs the most tournaments on the FIP Tour.
And you, what is your favorite player nickname?